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white males romney over obama 60% to 34%. a 26-point lead among white males. i don't get it. i guess the question is what's wrong with white males. other question is can white males alone save mitt romney? i don't think so. i would love your take on this. help us figure it out. 1-800-steph-12. look what is it about white men? is it they're afraid of losing their job? they're afraid of losing their homes? they're afraid of not getting ahead in the world? they're afraid they won't be able to take care of their families. they're afraid of a black man? what is it? is it racism? is it that they just can't stand the fact that there is a black man in the oval office and you know, they're a white guy and this is a white country and our forefathers were white and what's going on here? we're losing control? i mean is that -- is it ignorance? are these uneducated white men who don't just see that they're a hell of a lot better off today than they were four years ago. that this country is a hell of a lot better off under the policies of
white males romney over obama 60% to 34%. a 26-point lead among white males. i don't get it. i guess the question is what's wrong with white males. other question is can white males alone save mitt romney? i don't think so. i would love your take on this. help us figure it out. 1-800-steph-12. look what is it about white men? is it they're afraid of losing their job? they're afraid of losing their homes? they're afraid of not getting ahead in the world? they're afraid they won't be able to take...
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he was there at the meeting with president obama yesterday. you saw him leaving the white house. they're the -- afscme is the largest employee and public healthcare union in the country. find out more information about their good work at afscme.org. and out for dinner last night the great little restaurant called riff's here in washington, d.c. i met riss herself who is the owner and founder of this restaurant. she was saying how much she loved current tv. she said they've got those great people on in the evening like joy behar and eliot spitzer. here he is joining us as he does every morning. host of "viewpoint." you have your fans here in washington, d.c. >> eliot: i'll get the address of the restaurant and head throughout for dinner. >> bill: you go by, she'll treat you well. great restaurant by the way. so the president eliot is coming up to new york tomorrow to survey storm damage. i wanted to ask you we talked last week and you mentioned where you are fortunate enough to live, didn't you have any impact of sandy. but are there still people who are hurting without power? >>
he was there at the meeting with president obama yesterday. you saw him leaving the white house. they're the -- afscme is the largest employee and public healthcare union in the country. find out more information about their good work at afscme.org. and out for dinner last night the great little restaurant called riff's here in washington, d.c. i met riss herself who is the owner and founder of this restaurant. she was saying how much she loved current tv. she said they've got those great...
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president obama's agricultural secretary tom vilsack telling us that the white house yesterday some 61% of america's landmass is either in very serious or drought conditions. what's going on? we turn to our expert on climate conditions, joe romm. actually think progress's expert on climate change, editor of climate progress at the center for american progress. hey, joe, good morning. >> hey, thanks for having me, bill. >> bill: good to you have back with us. so how serious is this drought? how does it rank? what are we seeing? >> well, they're calling it the dust bowl of 2012. and i have some maps up on client progress. this is very serious. this is certainly the worst drought in about 50 years. it's obviously -- we've always had droughts before but what's unique about this and why one can call this sort of a global warming type job is the high temperatures. so that we're seeing -- it always -- we always set record heat when it's in drought because normally when the sun heats the earth there's moisture, water in the earth and some of the heat goes into evaporating the moisture. but once
president obama's agricultural secretary tom vilsack telling us that the white house yesterday some 61% of america's landmass is either in very serious or drought conditions. what's going on? we turn to our expert on climate conditions, joe romm. actually think progress's expert on climate change, editor of climate progress at the center for american progress. hey, joe, good morning. >> hey, thanks for having me, bill. >> bill: good to you have back with us. so how serious is this...
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obama said she has threatened to walk out of the white houseand keep going. the secret service is worried she might actually do it according to cnn she said her ultimate fantasy would be to walk to georgetown and back with absolutely nobody noticing. >> and a regular nba teak bobcats are hanging their heads finishing with the worst record in nba history. seven wins and 59 losses. >> oh, my god. >> likely would have been more had they not had the strength to play a whole season. >> they were saved. >> washington winners were the next worse. they won 20 games. >> yeah. bring out the worst ever. >> chicago bulls best,nu 1 seed of the playoffs 50 wins, 16 losses. >> dan thank you. yes, indeed. well the senate yesterday after all of the wrangling over it voted 68 to 31 to approve the extension of the violence against women act. that bill may not have such smooth sailing in the house of representatives. here to take an issue of that, a good friend of the program joining united states, jan shekowski representing illinois's 9th congressional district. >> go bulls. >>
obama said she has threatened to walk out of the white houseand keep going. the secret service is worried she might actually do it according to cnn she said her ultimate fantasy would be to walk to georgetown and back with absolutely nobody noticing. >> and a regular nba teak bobcats are hanging their heads finishing with the worst record in nba history. seven wins and 59 losses. >> oh, my god. >> likely would have been more had they not had the strength to play a whole...
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obama loves beer so much that the white house installed a brewery after he took. that served one light beer and one dark beer during a stop in iowa, someone asked him for a bottle. so he sent a staff member to get one from the campaign bus. seems he even takes his beer on the road. coming up on "full-court press," current tv's own eliot spitzer. as always, we are live in chat current.com/billpress. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. >>you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. >>sharp tongue, quick whit and above all, politically direct. >>you just think there is no low they won't go to. oh, no. if al gore's watching today... [ ♪ theme ♪ ] theme [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> broadcasting across the nation, on your radio and on current tv this is "the bill press show". >> the approval rate for congress, all at a new low: 10%. what's wrong with that 10%? don't they know what's going on? i am s
obama loves beer so much that the white house installed a brewery after he took. that served one light beer and one dark beer during a stop in iowa, someone asked him for a bottle. so he sent a staff member to get one from the campaign bus. seems he even takes his beer on the road. coming up on "full-court press," current tv's own eliot spitzer. as always, we are live in chat current.com/billpress. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look...
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we were him as a special advisorsadvisor for president obama on green jobs in the white house. we remember the vicious attacks launched against him by particularly glenn beck and sean hannity on fox news but he has not given up. he is out stronger as a -- has a voice stronger than ever senior fellow at the scepter for american progress and has a book called rebuild the dream. van jones joining us this morning. hi, van. >> good to hear your voice, and it's good to have a new book out. and ialso working with a new organization, also called real build rebuild the dream. >> rebuild the dream. we will have you tell us all about it. we have been talking a lot, van, and you talked yesterday on "meet the pre "meet the press" about the trayvon martin case. >> sure. >> with all of the new information coming out the latest that the experts have listened to the 9-1-1 tapes say there no, sir way that voice crying for help is george zimmerman, it clearly is trayvon martin, why are the police dragging their heels in this case? >> it's a mystery to everybody. i think that, you know, for myself
we were him as a special advisorsadvisor for president obama on green jobs in the white house. we remember the vicious attacks launched against him by particularly glenn beck and sean hannity on fox news but he has not given up. he is out stronger as a -- has a voice stronger than ever senior fellow at the scepter for american progress and has a book called rebuild the dream. van jones joining us this morning. hi, van. >> good to hear your voice, and it's good to have a new book out. and...
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we were wondering where obama or joe biden were. obama promised during the last presidential campaign when people were out there striking he was going to get his marching shoes on and join the picture line. we had a strike and they didn't show up. in wisconsin it seems like they are abandoning us. >> we were talking -- we are talking with matt rothschild, editor of the progressive magazine, progressive.org. great magazine if you want to keep up-to-date. matt, tell me again when the progressive -- when did this start? like 100 years ago? >> yeah, we are 103 years old and we still have teeth. if you can find that. founded by fighting bob lafollett, the man who ran on the progressive party ticket, one of the founders of the whole progressive movement. >> it lives through the progressive magazine, progressive.org. walked to the milwaukee sentinel in endorsing scott walker? >> it was one of the most pathetic endorsements i have ever seen. what made me wretch is scott walker is an honorableman. like shakespeare saying they are all honorab
we were wondering where obama or joe biden were. obama promised during the last presidential campaign when people were out there striking he was going to get his marching shoes on and join the picture line. we had a strike and they didn't show up. in wisconsin it seems like they are abandoning us. >> we were talking -- we are talking with matt rothschild, editor of the progressive magazine, progressive.org. great magazine if you want to keep up-to-date. matt, tell me again when the...
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barack obama may as well just start packing things up in the white house. the funny thing is this is herman cain's second time endorsing mitt romney. he endorsed him far more enthusiastically in 2008 and it is kind of funny to compare the two statements -- the first time he gave -- he wrote an entire article about why mitt romney was great and yesterday all he said was well, if you didn't like him you better start liking him now or get over it. >> bill: he said his position has evolved which it has. i was there in charleston, south carolina, when he made his first endorsement which was he endorsed the american people for president. you remember that. >> that's right. this is i guess four endorsements we can count. >> bill: he endorsed newt gingrich after that, of course. >> right. he endorsed herman cain. >> bill: this is number four. just about what it's worth. now you've written yesterday about there were two people it seems to me who are falling all over themselves on trying to be vice president, at least on the running, on the ticket with mitt romney. t
barack obama may as well just start packing things up in the white house. the funny thing is this is herman cain's second time endorsing mitt romney. he endorsed him far more enthusiastically in 2008 and it is kind of funny to compare the two statements -- the first time he gave -- he wrote an entire article about why mitt romney was great and yesterday all he said was well, if you didn't like him you better start liking him now or get over it. >> bill: he said his position has evolved...
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president obama. he loves inviting the sports teams to the white house indeed. so, you know, here's the latest on the romney campaign. maybe you've heard about it. maybe you haven't had a chance to see or hear the video yet. video is up all over youtube. you can link to it from politicoor any of the other "huffington post" or liberal web sites or mother jones. go to mother jones because that's who released this video our good friend dade corn at -- david corn at mother jones. we've been talking about the fact that romney seems out of touch. with average americans right? that he really does seem this very wealthy elitist whose father was very well off. he grew up in the life of luxury going to all of the best boarding schools, private schools and never had to work really, work hard in his life. when he did go to work, all et was put other people out of a job. at any rate, the image of romney and the obama campaign has done a good job of making sure people understand this. romney, a guy who is elitist out of touch part of the very, very very, very wealthy who only
president obama. he loves inviting the sports teams to the white house indeed. so, you know, here's the latest on the romney campaign. maybe you've heard about it. maybe you haven't had a chance to see or hear the video yet. video is up all over youtube. you can link to it from politicoor any of the other "huffington post" or liberal web sites or mother jones. go to mother jones because that's who released this video our good friend dade corn at -- david corn at mother jones. we've...
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white house? right? it didn't come from the hillary clinton campaign although she was for it at the time. it came from the heritage foundation. it came from the insurance industry, itself conservatives were always for it until obama became for it. right? >> that's exactly right. >> if he is for it we have to be against it. >> uh-huh. kind of the dark confluence of forces, that the republican hat red of obama has actually put them in a policy position to take down something that has been a conservative ultra conservative republican position. >> david sirota, our guest, the talk show host on am 760. follow him on twitter twitter handle is@davidsirota. you have written an interesting piece lately for salon.com. the piece reads, on mitt romney conservatives no matter how well you tried to paint himself as a true conservative, that conservatives still don't really trust this guy. why? >> well, i think it's not just because he was a governor of massachusetts. he wanted he was a fairly moderate governmen
white house? right? it didn't come from the hillary clinton campaign although she was for it at the time. it came from the heritage foundation. it came from the insurance industry, itself conservatives were always for it until obama became for it. right? >> that's exactly right. >> if he is for it we have to be against it. >> uh-huh. kind of the dark confluence of forces, that the republican hat red of obama has actually put them in a policy position to take down something...
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president obama's big announcement at the white house briefing room yesterday. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> here are the other things you need to know before you head out the door this morning. you wouldn't think you would ever hear steven spielberg call chris christie one of his heroes but the liberal hollywood heavyweight praised him as one of his personal heroes saying christie was able to put politics aside for the greater good during hurricane sandy and that was really telling about him and what he did was right and he did it right at the end of an election cycle too. spielberg's other heroes, nelson man elidel la, bill clinton and gaby giffords around -- nelson mandela, bill clinton and gaby giffords. >>> abc's sam donaldson is in trouble. the former white house correspondent was arrested earlier this month in delaware on dui charges. >> bill: oh! that's too bad. >> in lewis, delaware. he failed a field sobriety test from december 1st. he's scheduled to appear in court there tomorrow. >> bill: all right. sam, i hope my home state of d
president obama's big announcement at the white house briefing room yesterday. but first... >> this is the "full court press." >> here are the other things you need to know before you head out the door this morning. you wouldn't think you would ever hear steven spielberg call chris christie one of his heroes but the liberal hollywood heavyweight praised him as one of his personal heroes saying christie was able to put politics aside for the greater good during hurricane...
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and by the way the voters with whom president obama has the most problems, that is sort of the white working class voters who he's never really gotten along with, they're actually the voters propelling him to this win -- or this lead at least in ohio. in those upper northwestern counties between about toledo and cleveland. that's where the auto jobs are. they're the voters who are bending his way. >> bill: i know -- i just have to ask you this. i know you have enjoyed, as we have, the new best boyfriend of chris christie. and politics makes strange bed fell toe lows as we say. -- bedfellows. >> we're going to see ramifications of this if christie runs in 2016. he's the guy a couple of days before election day embraced president obama. if i had an extra reporter right now who i could send somewhere to do something, i would go find a bunch of republicans who -- ask them what they think about chris christie talking -- so nicely about president obama just a few days before the election. it seemed to me -- i sat there i tweeted this right as i was watching the press conference yesterday,
and by the way the voters with whom president obama has the most problems, that is sort of the white working class voters who he's never really gotten along with, they're actually the voters propelling him to this win -- or this lead at least in ohio. in those upper northwestern counties between about toledo and cleveland. that's where the auto jobs are. they're the voters who are bending his way. >> bill: i know -- i just have to ask you this. i know you have enjoyed, as we have, the new...
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and obama says you know, i don't know. fun times around the white house these days. you know what i've noticed is that with all of this flap this week about -- and we've been talking you know, nonstop about it here on the show. about mitt romney and his comment about the 47% dripping with disdain. >> debunked. >> bill: who says it was debunked? >> romney. >> bill: romney says it was. exactly. the white house hasn't had too much to say about it. they haven't had to say too much about it. >> if you're digging your own hole -- >> bill: let them keep digging. >> right. i think that's their feeling. i really do. how many democrats have you heard chipping in on this one? i haven't heard harry reid utter a peep. >> bill: harry did. >> what did he say? >> bill: he went on the floor of the senate and said -- which i think is a big question -- is mitt romney one of the 47%, one of the persons who pays zero income tax because we don't know. >> that's sweet. >> bill: other than that, you're right. democrats have not been piling on. scott brown linda mcmahon dean heller from neva
and obama says you know, i don't know. fun times around the white house these days. you know what i've noticed is that with all of this flap this week about -- and we've been talking you know, nonstop about it here on the show. about mitt romney and his comment about the 47% dripping with disdain. >> debunked. >> bill: who says it was debunked? >> romney. >> bill: romney says it was. exactly. the white house hasn't had too much to say about it. they haven't had to say...
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but at the white house, president obama will be welcoming former president george w. bush and former first lady lora bush to the white house today for the official unveiling of their portraits that will hang somewhere in the white house basement i hope. so wherever it is happening we've got it covered. good to see you today. our team is almost all here today. peter ogborn. >> hi, there. >> i'm here. >> bill: dan henning has a few days off. he's actually on a beer run. >> yeah. >> bill: he's gone to germany. who else would go on vacation to germany? taking a few days off. >> relax. >> bill: germany? >> maybe he'll stay there and love it so much. >> bill: i would rather go to siberia, i think. or greenland, i don't know. or the north pole. dan's off to germany for a few days. who better to fill in than stevie lee webb. nice to have you with us. >> hi, bill. thanks for having me. >> bill: be on your good behavior. >> always. >> you ask who better than stevie lee webb to fill in. i can think of a few. sadly, they weren't available. >> bill: cyprian bowlding, videographer
but at the white house, president obama will be welcoming former president george w. bush and former first lady lora bush to the white house today for the official unveiling of their portraits that will hang somewhere in the white house basement i hope. so wherever it is happening we've got it covered. good to see you today. our team is almost all here today. peter ogborn. >> hi, there. >> i'm here. >> bill: dan henning has a few days off. he's actually on a beer run. >>...
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as you know, president obama pardoned the white house turkey last week. well now republicans want to know what it knows about benghazi. >> bill: everybody is being trotted out to talk about benghazi. well, you know, leno tries. >> maybe we can get to the bottom of tryptophan ghazi. i'll just show myself out. >> bill: good-bye. >> sorry. >> bill: well, we're very excited that this hour -- [ laughter ] i don't even want to comment on that. we're very excited that brad woodhouse, communications director for the dnc is going to be in studio with us in this hour. brad woodhouse who won a bet but still pretended like he was willing to go along with having -- as if he had lost a bet and shaved his head. on national television. two days ago, sunday morning. we'll see how brad is suffering this humiliation. he may decide he likes that new look. >> might keep it. stan collender or james route. >> bill: we ought to make a list of all of the famous dome heads, right? all right. and big flap now over whether or not there will be any reform to the filibuster. wait unti
as you know, president obama pardoned the white house turkey last week. well now republicans want to know what it knows about benghazi. >> bill: everybody is being trotted out to talk about benghazi. well, you know, leno tries. >> maybe we can get to the bottom of tryptophan ghazi. i'll just show myself out. >> bill: good-bye. >> sorry. >> bill: well, we're very excited that this hour -- [ laughter ] i don't even want to comment on that. we're very excited that...
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the first lady, michelle obama. >> i thought beau was in charge he is. he was front and scepter. >> was he wearing bunny ears? >> i wasn't out there but i didn't see the bunny ears but he was sitting right there with the president and the first lady when the president read "where the wild things are". >> came to the place where the wild things are. they roared their terrible roars. [ roars ] >> yeah, and as i mentioned last hour, one of the secret servicemen told me when i was leaving yesterday, i tweeted this. by the way, i always tweet from the white house. >> you do. >>@billpressshow. sign up. one of the secret servicemen told me in the first hour of the easter egg roll there were 13 kids reported lost. the parents reported them lost. >> mommy >> anyhow if you are going to get lost somewhere, i guess that would be a pretty good place to get lost. >> yeah. >> you know, with the secret service and all of that. >> at the end of the day, there were still six who were lost. maybe they will find them this morning. >> sending them to guantanamo. >> hey lots
the first lady, michelle obama. >> i thought beau was in charge he is. he was front and scepter. >> was he wearing bunny ears? >> i wasn't out there but i didn't see the bunny ears but he was sitting right there with the president and the first lady when the president read "where the wild things are". >> came to the place where the wild things are. they roared their terrible roars. [ roars ] >> yeah, and as i mentioned last hour, one of the secret...
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president obama and the first lady at the white house, and then at the pentagon vice president joe biden, and ray lahood out in pennsylvania at the site of the fourth claim that crashed. up at ground zero big ceremony where they read the names of all of the victims lost in the world trade center towers and the media covered all of them except on nbc. yes, the today show yesterday morning, this is what they were showing and talking about at the time of the 9/11 attacks. >> one of the last things we saw was you getting wheeled into a breast enhancement surgery. i know you guys are all for bearing it all, but is there any time that you are like okay we can turn the cameras off. >> i had had my implants for 152 years -- >> and they are only supposed to last for 150 years. >> yeah and that was a important message for me to put out there because i made fun of myself, because at my age, you are over 50 but it was so important to remind women that check your expiration date because it is a health risk. >> bill: i would be willing to defend any media outlet for talking about the news of the day,
president obama and the first lady at the white house, and then at the pentagon vice president joe biden, and ray lahood out in pennsylvania at the site of the fourth claim that crashed. up at ground zero big ceremony where they read the names of all of the victims lost in the world trade center towers and the media covered all of them except on nbc. yes, the today show yesterday morning, this is what they were showing and talking about at the time of the 9/11 attacks. >> one of the last...
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. >> peta has no problem with president obama's dog jokes from the white house correspondent's dinner. the animal-loving organization said it was not offended at obama's crack about eating pitbulls because of the obvious play on the previous sarah palin comment and it is not indicative of the president's love for dogs as family members. >> bill: all right, good for ingrid. >> good morning america did it again. the abc program beat nbc's "today" in total viewership for the second week in a row winning by 165,000 viewers. two weeks ago "today" was the number one show for over 16 years. two weeks ago when gma first won, matt lauer was on vacation but last week, he was at work four out of five days according to the "washington post." >> bill: they just signed that big new contract with matt lauer. >> not off to a good start. >> bill: maybe they should have waited a couple of weeks. yes, indeed. i'll tell you, the big story of the day. this is, of course, the first anniversary of president obama's orders given and navy seals incredibly heroic and brilliantly executed and successful mission
. >> peta has no problem with president obama's dog jokes from the white house correspondent's dinner. the animal-loving organization said it was not offended at obama's crack about eating pitbulls because of the obvious play on the previous sarah palin comment and it is not indicative of the president's love for dogs as family members. >> bill: all right, good for ingrid. >> good morning america did it again. the abc program beat nbc's "today" in total viewership...
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do we really need an ugly american in the white house? no. no. no. now we'll get today's current tv update from lisa ferguson. >> good morning, lisa. >> good morning, bill. good morning, everyone. the obama campaign is out with a new ad called i believe, this one takes a more positive tone and talks about the vision for the middle class. >> we're a nation of workers, and doers, and dreamers and all we ask for is that our hard work pays off. i believe the way you grow the economy is from the middle up. >> the obama campaign is spending $6.5 million running ads during the million is dedicated to the opening ceremony. as for the president's schedule today he is signing the enhanced security cooperation act with israel, then heads to a campaign event. police and gun-control advocate fors are asking the president and all of washington to take a stronger stance against gun violence. president obama says he work within existing laws to fight crime. but the brady campaign says it refuses to accept that answer from washington, and it is time to find a solutio
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is in the white house because obama depended on people who were dependent on government. it is just the handout, the takers are the ones who elected barack obama. >> right. the gifts argument. i think there has been a split on the language of this, whether or not the actual ideals of it. the language, split since romney lost and made his little gifts comment after the election. >> bill: that obama won by handing out gifts to the constituencies. >> minorities, women. just gave them -- best example is gave women contraception for their votes. that's potentially -- basically what they said. sununu yesterday or i guess it was tuesday night said that he said the same thing. he was like if you look at this, it wasn't about message. we didn't lose because of message. we lost because -- >> bill: didn't lose because they had a lousy candidate. >> we lost because of the hold-in to obama and what they can give him. >> bill: they're just in denial, right? >> what's interesting about this is with romney specifically has been after that 47% video came out, the pathway romney went throu
is in the white house because obama depended on people who were dependent on government. it is just the handout, the takers are the ones who elected barack obama. >> right. the gifts argument. i think there has been a split on the language of this, whether or not the actual ideals of it. the language, split since romney lost and made his little gifts comment after the election. >> bill: that obama won by handing out gifts to the constituencies. >> minorities, women. just gave...
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hal sparks and there will be a lot of testosterone. [ laughter ] >> caller: the lie i hate is that obama doesn't care about our country the way we do. i'm not sure who we is, but i have a suspicion that it's white folks, but -- >> john: it's all code words. it's us and them and that's the essence of all of the other lies about the president. he's not really an american. he doesn't born here birth certificate, yadda, yadda. they will do whatever they can to attack his religion background, economics, all to make him seem like he is other, just not one of us. >> caller: and are quietly celebrating overturning act 10. >> john: why quietly? >> caller: we're very excited. >> john: i got to say for all of the back and forth the folks of madison have really been heros to a lot of folks in america. and i look forward to seeing you on the 6th in madison. >> caller: thank you. >> john: thank you. steve is calling from franklin wisconsin. good morning, steve. you are on the "bill press show." >> caller: good morning. one of the ads that congressman paul ryan is running in his reelection campaign is
hal sparks and there will be a lot of testosterone. [ laughter ] >> caller: the lie i hate is that obama doesn't care about our country the way we do. i'm not sure who we is, but i have a suspicion that it's white folks, but -- >> john: it's all code words. it's us and them and that's the essence of all of the other lies about the president. he's not really an american. he doesn't born here birth certificate, yadda, yadda. they will do whatever they can to attack his religion...
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president obama at the white house today. starting the first of a series of meetings leading up to negotiations over how to avoid going off the fiscal cliff. he's starting with a very, very important meeting today with leaders of organized labor. a lot of them sponsors of the "full court press" here. and leaders of other progressive organizations to get their ideas on what we should do about supporting his balanced way of balancing the budget. that meet will be at 11:30 today. prior to that, the daily briefing with the vice president. jay carney, his press briefing today at 12:30 and you can bet i will be there. when we come back, our entire next hour, very exciting to talk about the white house fellows program. very important program. get to meet the director and three of this year's outstanding white house fellows on the "full court press" coming up next. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: what do you say? good morning everybody. it is the "full court press." here on tuesday november 13. welcome to the program. the only progressive
president obama at the white house today. starting the first of a series of meetings leading up to negotiations over how to avoid going off the fiscal cliff. he's starting with a very, very important meeting today with leaders of organized labor. a lot of them sponsors of the "full court press" here. and leaders of other progressive organizations to get their ideas on what we should do about supporting his balanced way of balancing the budget. that meet will be at 11:30 today. prior...
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president obama is going to welcome the wounded warrior project soldier ride to the white house this afternoon. it's the 6th year for the 4-day cycling event. it uses cycling to help injured physically emotionally injured issues unmodified road bike els and adaptives bibles free of charge. financial reports are due to the s.e.c. today at american crossroads, the carl-rove-funded or founded super p.a.c. it's going to show it has raised $100 million so far. >> that's going to break down the $51 million for all of 2011 and $49 million for just the first quarter of 2012, which goes through march 31st. a crossroads spokesperson says they see the goal of the super p.a.c. to fill the gap for the romney campaign between the primary and general election as it works to fight the president obama fundraising effort there. abc's matthew jafy has a fun article about the art of potential vice president nominees saying no. he recalled a day in august of 2008 when joe biden was asked if he was going to be the guy and he said, no. that was right before he just became the guy a couple of days before th
president obama is going to welcome the wounded warrior project soldier ride to the white house this afternoon. it's the 6th year for the 4-day cycling event. it uses cycling to help injured physically emotionally injured issues unmodified road bike els and adaptives bibles free of charge. financial reports are due to the s.e.c. today at american crossroads, the carl-rove-funded or founded super p.a.c. it's going to show it has raised $100 million so far. >> that's going to break down the...
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. >> unless they can draw the obama -- the white house into it. >> bill: not going to happen. >> they're very smartly avoiding being drawn into it. >> bill: because i think harry reid is absolutely brilliant in what he's doing. he has made -- he's kept it alive. he's made mitt romney's taxes again still the issue and mitt romney might want to be talking about anything, jerusalem or whatever. instead, he's talking about his tax returns. we are too. >> whenever something like this happens, the first thing is how is it going to come back on us. and so -- >> bill: on us meaning -- >> liberals, democrats whatever. our side. so if harry reid can do this, then clearetically republicans can do this at some time in the future. legitimize this kind of thing. yes, we can be sort of happy for results but is this a door wide open? do we want -- darrell issa to be talking about -- >> bill: he does it all the time. they do it all the time. what about the birther thing? i disagree with you on that. i'm glad to see a democrat with balls for once. i'm glad to see harry reid show some backbone for once. i
. >> unless they can draw the obama -- the white house into it. >> bill: not going to happen. >> they're very smartly avoiding being drawn into it. >> bill: because i think harry reid is absolutely brilliant in what he's doing. he has made -- he's kept it alive. he's made mitt romney's taxes again still the issue and mitt romney might want to be talking about anything, jerusalem or whatever. instead, he's talking about his tax returns. we are too. >> whenever...
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big day at the white house today. president obama back in town. he's got a lot going on including welcoming the l.a. galaxy to the white house. >> beckham. mls soccer champions. >> bill: i know. and then meeting with geithner, meeting with panetta this afternoon. hosting a dinner this evening at the white house. and we have a briefing at the white house for the first time in a whole week. >> you gotta take those when you can get them these days now that the campaign is officially happening. >> bill: he will be more and more on the road. when he's on the road, we don't get a briefing. anyhow, good to have you here today and to welcome our entire team press. peter ogborn and dan henning and cyprian bowlding. >> hey, there. >> good morning. >> bill: do you ever shop at walmart? >> target is closer to my house. >> bill: target is a better store. >> i didn't say that. >> bill: costco is a better store. there are lots of reasons for not shopping at walmart. here's another one. one more. okay? this happened out in idaho at a walmart in idaho. a man went
big day at the white house today. president obama back in town. he's got a lot going on including welcoming the l.a. galaxy to the white house. >> beckham. mls soccer champions. >> bill: i know. and then meeting with geithner, meeting with panetta this afternoon. hosting a dinner this evening at the white house. and we have a briefing at the white house for the first time in a whole week. >> you gotta take those when you can get them these days now that the campaign is...
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president obama is taking time to respond to petitions on the white house website calling for more gun control room. in a new video, obama lays out his plan saying he has called on congress to pass common sense legislation. that would ban the sale of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammo clips and make sure legal loopholes do not let criminals get their hands on a gun. obama says it's time to stand up and say enough on behalf of the nation's children. >> you've started something, and now, i am asking you to keep at it. i am asking for your help to make a real meaningful difference in the lives of our communities and our country and make sure the united states of america is a safer stronger place for our children to learn and to grow. >> over the next month, the president is pledging not only to address the weapons but, also, the education mental illness and cultural factors behind gun violence. mayor bloomberg is speaking out again, this time against the nra. here he is last night on abc. 's "nightline." ? >> i think the public has finally, come to the conclusion we are
president obama is taking time to respond to petitions on the white house website calling for more gun control room. in a new video, obama lays out his plan saying he has called on congress to pass common sense legislation. that would ban the sale of military-style assault weapons and high-capacity ammo clips and make sure legal loopholes do not let criminals get their hands on a gun. obama says it's time to stand up and say enough on behalf of the nation's children. >> you've started...
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the white house has said they support existing but so far neither one want to make it an issue. it would be interesting to see. i hope more reporters on the campaign trail press them about it. they should be talking about it. it it looks like both are trying to duck it as much as thing. huffingtonpost.com, make it part of your day. we do for sure. i manned a turk he will, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> good to see you. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >>we talk a lot about the influence of money in politics. it is the defining issue of this era. the candidate with the most money, does win. this is a national crisis. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] on your radio, and on current tv. this is the bill press show. thirty-three minutes after the hour on a beautiful monday july 23rdrd. good to see you today. thank you for being part of the full-court press as we come to you live all the way across the great land of ours from our nation's capitol, our studio on capitol hill, the white house last week, ag cultural secretary tom vilsak came in to brief us on the
the white house has said they support existing but so far neither one want to make it an issue. it would be interesting to see. i hope more reporters on the campaign trail press them about it. they should be talking about it. it it looks like both are trying to duck it as much as thing. huffingtonpost.com, make it part of your day. we do for sure. i manned a turk he will, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> good to see you. >> this is the bill press show. [ ♪ theme...
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great coverage of the white house and the obama campaign. by the way, you like the olympic uniforms? >> i mean the beret is a bit much. don't you think? >> i am okay with the b. re. >> you are a bere man, schuster? >> i can't stand a giant polo logo. we are going to talk about that at the top of the hour. peter, you are going to hear an ear-ful from me. >> i stand by ready to take it. >> this is the bill press show. there she is ! hey, i got a leak ! yoo hoo ! wait a minute, come back ! um, miss ? up here! right. like 85% of us you have hard water stains and that cleaner's not gonna cut it. truth is, you need something powerful. you need lime-a-way. it's 4 times more effective at removing limescale than the leading bathroom cleaner. because lime-a-way is specially formulated to conquer hard water stains. [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> good morning, everybody. david shuster in for bill press. welcome to current and so glad to have you with us on the program over the next hour. you know, that story over the united states olympic schmidt outfits fo
great coverage of the white house and the obama campaign. by the way, you like the olympic uniforms? >> i mean the beret is a bit much. don't you think? >> i am okay with the b. re. >> you are a bere man, schuster? >> i can't stand a giant polo logo. we are going to talk about that at the top of the hour. peter, you are going to hear an ear-ful from me. >> i stand by ready to take it. >> this is the bill press show. there she is ! hey, i got a leak ! yoo hoo...
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now, what about the fact that the white house and the obama campaign is talking about president obama going after osama bin laden? right thing to do? we will talk about that next, but first. sdlfrn. >> this is the full court press on this monday, other headlines making news, an actsor who plays a doctor on t.v. is being credited with saving a routine's life, patrick demp sea, from gray's an add me pulled a routinage boy out of a flipped-over car near his home. abc reports he used a crowbar to pry a door open to get the boy out. when the -- and the boy's first words when he saw dempsey was: are you famous and he said, yes but i am here to help you and he waited to he got off to the hospital and called on him a couple of days later to see how he was doing. >> wow. i have to tell you. if somebody comes along to help you in malibu chances are one out of two, you know, 50/50, that it's an actor. >> what a hollywood story. are you famous? >> does he carry a crowbar around with him? >> no. he was in -- he had to pull it out of his garage. this was literally right by his house, saw this happe
now, what about the fact that the white house and the obama campaign is talking about president obama going after osama bin laden? right thing to do? we will talk about that next, but first. sdlfrn. >> this is the full court press on this monday, other headlines making news, an actsor who plays a doctor on t.v. is being credited with saving a routine's life, patrick demp sea, from gray's an add me pulled a routinage boy out of a flipped-over car near his home. abc reports he used a...
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in the meantime president obama back in the white house today. he goes back on the campaign trail wednesday. today and tomorrow he'll be at the white house. catching up on stuff. he has no public events scheduled at all today. he will get his daily briefing, of course with the vice president of the united states, and jay carney will be giving his regular press briefing at the white house at 12:30 this afternoon. of course of you can't make it, so i'll be there representing all of you. we have lots more to talk about, mitt romney on health care. i still want to hear about that 85 miles per hour speed zone now -- speed limit in texas, because you can go 85 -- you know most people will be going 95. be right back. [♪ theme music ♪] >> bill: good morning, everybody, what do you say. it is monday september 10th. good to see you today, and welcome to the "full court press" here on current tv. lots to talk about today. we will back from charlotte. both conventions behind us. and what a contrast between the two of them. tampa was all negative and look
in the meantime president obama back in the white house today. he goes back on the campaign trail wednesday. today and tomorrow he'll be at the white house. catching up on stuff. he has no public events scheduled at all today. he will get his daily briefing, of course with the vice president of the united states, and jay carney will be giving his regular press briefing at the white house at 12:30 this afternoon. of course of you can't make it, so i'll be there representing all of you. we have...
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no republican candidate has ever won the white house without taking ohio. we know rick perry reaffirmed his stanchion all candidates should be open with their tax returns but he is weighing in on voter id lays. attorney general eric holder called texas law -- called the texas law a poll tax. now, perry is saying those comments are meant to incite racial tension. democrats argue voter id laws would restrict many minorities from voting. federal cot will likely block that under the texas voting rights act. turns out those voter id laws do not come free. a new study by nyu says getting identification for the polls is actually quite expensive, especially for people without transportation. in 10 states with new voter id laws, nearly half a million voters do not have access to a vehicle. more bill after the break, and we are live in chat right now. current.com/billpress. >>it's the place where democracy is supposed to be the great equalizer, where your vote is worth just as much as donald trump's. we must save the country. it starts with you. [ man ] ever year, so
no republican candidate has ever won the white house without taking ohio. we know rick perry reaffirmed his stanchion all candidates should be open with their tax returns but he is weighing in on voter id lays. attorney general eric holder called texas law -- called the texas law a poll tax. now, perry is saying those comments are meant to incite racial tension. democrats argue voter id laws would restrict many minorities from voting. federal cot will likely block that under the texas voting...
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the big news yesterday president obama coming into the east room of the white house. they moved it from the rose garden because it was not such a great day yesterday. looked like it might rain. at any rate, the president made the big announcement. i want to get your take on what the president said. let me put it in context for you. every day i believe it's more and more clear about the choice facing voters in november and the choice is more -- the contrast could not be more clear. it is developing on so many different issues. i mean let's take iraq, right? president obama wants to get all of the troops out of iraq. mitt romney says uh-huh, that's a mistake. we ought to keep them there. healthcare president obama says we've got a good plan. not perfect. let's build on it and go forward. mitt romney, no. we're going to repeal healthcare. clear choice, iraq, clear choice healthcare. now clear choice tax cuts. president obama yesterday saying here's what i want to do. we got the bush tax cuts. they go all across the board. but they mainly benefit like the vast majority of
the big news yesterday president obama coming into the east room of the white house. they moved it from the rose garden because it was not such a great day yesterday. looked like it might rain. at any rate, the president made the big announcement. i want to get your take on what the president said. let me put it in context for you. every day i believe it's more and more clear about the choice facing voters in november and the choice is more -- the contrast could not be more clear. it is...
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we'll come back and tell you what president obama is up to today down at the white house. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. before the sneeze, help protect with a spray. before the tissue, help defend with a wipe. before the cold & flu season help prevent with lysol. because when you have 10 times more protection with each hand wash... and kill 99.9% of germs around the house with each spray... those healthy habits start to add up. this season, a good offense is the best defense and lysol has your family covered because that's our mission for health. ñ ♪ >> announcer: this is the "full court press," the "bill press show," live on your radio, and on current tv. >> bill: all right. in the next hour joe is going to be here at the top of the hour, and we will talk about what is happening in egypt, gaza, and with susan rice, and then we'll be joined by john stanton from "buzzfeed" to talk about all of the latest political news and we saw o
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president obama busy day in and around the white house today. this morning, he will be popping out of the white house to go to a nearby small business. hasn't yet been identified where he will meet with some small business owners and talk about what congress ought to be doing to help small businesses. then he will be back at the whitehouse for a working luncheon with congressional leadership. john boehner and mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi and harry reid having lunch with the president and the vice president to talk again about the congressional agenda and what things they might be able to accomplish even in this election year. this after be, he will meet with secretary of state hillary clinton and present the medal of honor post humously to specialist less lucky sabo, jr. members of his family will accept the award in his memory. jay carney will be giving his daily press briefing at 1 o'clock today. i will be there representing awe of you. senator john -- congressman john sarbanes from maryland on campaign finance reform and senator tom harkin b
president obama busy day in and around the white house today. this morning, he will be popping out of the white house to go to a nearby small business. hasn't yet been identified where he will meet with some small business owners and talk about what congress ought to be doing to help small businesses. then he will be back at the whitehouse for a working luncheon with congressional leadership. john boehner and mitch mcconnell, nancy pelosi and harry reid having lunch with the president and the...
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president obama, from the white house announcing a new policy having to do with immigration. remember republicans and congress blocked the dream act which would allow kids who are young people, let's say, who are brought here illegally by their parents from -- would block them from being able to stay in the country and have an accelerated path to citizenship as long as they met certain conditions. republicans blocked it and the congress on friday the administration announced they were going forward to the extent that they could without legislation. first, the announcement from homeland security secretary janet non-gaapapolita in. o. >> young people brought to the united states through know fault of their own as children who meet several key criteria will no longer be removed from the country or entered into removal proceedings. >> what those criteria are, they had to have been brought here before the age of 16 by their parents. so they had no choice in what their parents were doing. they had to have lived here for at least five continuous years. they have to -- cannot have a
president obama, from the white house announcing a new policy having to do with immigration. remember republicans and congress blocked the dream act which would allow kids who are young people, let's say, who are brought here illegally by their parents from -- would block them from being able to stay in the country and have an accelerated path to citizenship as long as they met certain conditions. republicans blocked it and the congress on friday the administration announced they were going...
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non-white voters gave the president a lead. obama lost his -- excuse me -- constituency in 2008, kerry and gore had similar results in 2000. last night mitt romney in a strangely tone-deaf move went back to his bain capital roots at the chocolate hill mals of john knaugaton who is a managing director of the equity firm. we will be right back with bill press a direct line to bill press. >>it's something i've been waiting for a long time. >>join the debate now. i have the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) reduced stroke risk 35% better than warfarin. and unlike warfarin, with pradaxa, there's no need for regular blood tests. that's really important to me. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, bleeding. don't take pradaxa if you have abnormal bleeding and seek immediate medical care for unexpected signs of bleeding,
non-white voters gave the president a lead. obama lost his -- excuse me -- constituency in 2008, kerry and gore had similar results in 2000. last night mitt romney in a strangely tone-deaf move went back to his bain capital roots at the chocolate hill mals of john knaugaton who is a managing director of the equity firm. we will be right back with bill press a direct line to bill press. >>it's something i've been waiting for a long time. >>join the debate now. i have the most common...
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he was wearing a suit, a white shirt and a white tie. now that's a crime of fashion my friend, and that i cannot stand for. >> he must have been trying to dress himself up for something. >> maybe. >> white third and white tie no. no. >> i'm with you on that. [ laughter ] >> well, now he's got white hair to go with it. >> that's right. that's right. [ laughter ] >> so, we're going to talk about one more thing. get released of that, that's off the plate. we know that they went a little bit nuts last night with bombshell video. i think lola falana or ursula andress were bombshells. paul ryan is running for vice president of the united states with mitch romney, somebody calls him mitch romney. paul ryan has been out, let's hear what paul ryan said on sunday when he was talk about the math that goes on in his budget plan. >> you haven't given me the math. >> well, i don't have -- it would take me too long to go through all of the math, but let me say it this way. you can lower tax rates 20% across the board by closing loopholes for the middle
he was wearing a suit, a white shirt and a white tie. now that's a crime of fashion my friend, and that i cannot stand for. >> he must have been trying to dress himself up for something. >> maybe. >> white third and white tie no. no. >> i'm with you on that. [ laughter ] >> well, now he's got white hair to go with it. >> that's right. that's right. [ laughter ] >> so, we're going to talk about one more thing. get released of that, that's off the plate....
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more than someone saying i'm not obama. mitt romney has yet to really make his strong case that he provides more to the presidency than just an alternative to the president. >> bill: it was only maybe six weeks ago that mitt romney and everybody else were talking about gas prices and how high gas prices are. and by summer, they were going to be over $5 and it was barack obama's fault. he wasn't doing anything. he wasn't showing any leadership. donald trump talked about it. rick perry talked about it. mitt romney talked about it. yesterday in south carolina, the gas prices now are under $3. the average across the nation is $3.54. higher in california. lower in a lot of states. let's say under $3 in south carolina. have you heard mitt romney or republicans giving barack obama credit for lowering the gas prices? >> no. certainly not. >> bill: have you heard the media talking about lower gas prices? >> i have a piece slated for today on just this topic. >> bill: it is freaking outrageous to me. >> they were wrong. they were abs
more than someone saying i'm not obama. mitt romney has yet to really make his strong case that he provides more to the presidency than just an alternative to the president. >> bill: it was only maybe six weeks ago that mitt romney and everybody else were talking about gas prices and how high gas prices are. and by summer, they were going to be over $5 and it was barack obama's fault. he wasn't doing anything. he wasn't showing any leadership. donald trump talked about it. rick perry...
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fitness challenge together at the white house. >> bill: okay, dan, thank you. hey, i gotta tell you here's how i would like to start the day. it is something that's really got me burned up. that is what's happening in greensboro, north carolina today. we knew this was coming. today is the first day of the trial of john edwards. you remember john edwards. once one of the brightest rising stars of the democratic party. ran for president. john kerry's running mate. ran for president again. and then he started getting in trouble. he was cheating on his wife, elizabeth who has since passed away of breast cancer. and so what john edwards -- this trial, if you ask me is a total colossal waste of money. and you talk about the federal government out of control. this is a prime example, i believe. so, here's what the facts in this case are. edwards is charged with six counts of abuse of campaign funds. okay? and he's being pursued by the obama justice department and by the federal attorney down in north carolina. the facts of the case are back in 2007-2008 when he was ru
fitness challenge together at the white house. >> bill: okay, dan, thank you. hey, i gotta tell you here's how i would like to start the day. it is something that's really got me burned up. that is what's happening in greensboro, north carolina today. we knew this was coming. today is the first day of the trial of john edwards. you remember john edwards. once one of the brightest rising stars of the democratic party. ran for president. john kerry's running mate. ran for president again....
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after a very busy visit abroad president obama has a pretty busy day ahead of him. the white house invited everyone to vote on these two turkeys, cobbler and gobbler on facebook to judge your favorite but while they make look the same they are very different. cobbler likes cranberries, and gobbler likes corn. no matter which turkey gets the most votes both get to retire happily at mount vernon. pita is saying this makes light of the slaughter of the 46 million birds during this holiday. this white house tradition has more than a century and a half history behind it. but pita says it is belittling for the turkeys, and doesn't cake their feelings into account. and we do have some serious news going on today. hillary clinton is in the middle east working to de-escalate the violence between israel and hamas. they do all plan to keep in close touch as clinton travels to cairo. more john next. stay with us. ♪ how are you ever going to solve the problem if you don't look at all of the pieces? >>tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning new
after a very busy visit abroad president obama has a pretty busy day ahead of him. the white house invited everyone to vote on these two turkeys, cobbler and gobbler on facebook to judge your favorite but while they make look the same they are very different. cobbler likes cranberries, and gobbler likes corn. no matter which turkey gets the most votes both get to retire happily at mount vernon. pita is saying this makes light of the slaughter of the 46 million birds during this holiday. this...
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she is not attached to the white house or to the obama campaign. she is a cnn analyst. so it seemed like a little more than was necessary. >> yeah, i mean they could have just said, hey, she doesn't work for us. >> yeah. >> she wasn't speaking for us. >> the romney campaign said she was an obama advisor and that's all it took. even though it wasn't true. >> it seems to me they could have said she wasn't attacking raising kids. she has two kids. she knows it's tough to raise kids. what she was saying was there are millions of american women out there who have to work, don't have any choice to help because they are single moms. >> yeah. >> or they are trying to -- they have got to help their husband together, maybe the two of them they have to work so maybe they can pay the bills at the end of the month and when ann romney says she identifies with working moms, she really can't in that sense. >> i think the other important thing to remember when we are talking about romney's dignity of work comments a couple of months ago, that's not a really controversial position. >> th
she is not attached to the white house or to the obama campaign. she is a cnn analyst. so it seemed like a little more than was necessary. >> yeah, i mean they could have just said, hey, she doesn't work for us. >> yeah. >> she wasn't speaking for us. >> the romney campaign said she was an obama advisor and that's all it took. even though it wasn't true. >> it seems to me they could have said she wasn't attacking raising kids. she has two kids. she knows it's tough...
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white house correspondents' dinner, boom you bet. finally, all the way up to the top. speaking by the way of the correspondents' dinner, the star of the evening as always was barack obama. >> number one. >> what's the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? a pitbull is delicious. [ laughter ] >> bill: again, i was sitting alongside cenk. he murmured "i can't believe he went there." do you think it was okay? on the president's part? >> i think it -- >> bill: it was a ledge edgy. >> -- it was a little edgy. >> if you're talking about how you taste things and do you taste or eat a hockey mom i mean your mind can go to all sorts of different scenarios there. >> bill: you're taking this too seriously. >> when i saw michelle obama her reaction was she sort of winced. that's where her mind went and maybe that's where the president's mind was sort of going but it depends on how you take it. >> bill: i think with most people in the crowd i mean being in the ballroom, there was a gasp at first. people went huh and then they got it. this is the dog -- oh yeah. samous. fol
white house correspondents' dinner, boom you bet. finally, all the way up to the top. speaking by the way of the correspondents' dinner, the star of the evening as always was barack obama. >> number one. >> what's the difference between a hockey mom and a pitbull? a pitbull is delicious. [ laughter ] >> bill: again, i was sitting alongside cenk. he murmured "i can't believe he went there." do you think it was okay? on the president's part? >> i think it --...
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president obama did yesterday after the white house had said the president doesn't see any need for any new gun legislation, never the less he did address the issue yesterday down in new orleans. >> i believe ak-47s belong in the hands of soldiers not in the hands of criminals. [ applause ] >> that they long on the battlefields of war, not on the streets of our cities. >> and of course one of the guns used in the aurora shooting certainly, the -- an ar-15 i think it was, and the 100-round drum would have been prohibited. he would not have been able to pur chose those if the assault weapon's ban had been in place. it expired in 2004 after being in place for ten years. couldn't we just start right there? something that mitt romney supports, barack obama supports that george w. bush supported. why can't we start right there, and get that passed this year? no reason except our insanity. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ >> a new ad we will play for you when we come back here with lynn sweet, chicago sun times methderr death shiner from row call and bill cress part full-court
president obama did yesterday after the white house had said the president doesn't see any need for any new gun legislation, never the less he did address the issue yesterday down in new orleans. >> i believe ak-47s belong in the hands of soldiers not in the hands of criminals. [ applause ] >> that they long on the battlefields of war, not on the streets of our cities. >> and of course one of the guns used in the aurora shooting certainly, the -- an ar-15 i think it was, and...
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president obama will probably not want to talk about this, given that the white house has denied it. the talks are supposed to be post election so the irans know which president they will be negotiating with. but the issue is whether talking with them is the idea to go or not. >> bill: what is the alternative, bombing them? >> the romney idea is to close them off. president obama said we should be talking with iran. >> bill: couldn't you make the argument that if iran is saying -- the united states has been for a long time wanting to engage them in negotiations, that if iran is saying we're ready to talk doesn't that indicate that the sanctions are working. >> yeah, that there is a squeeze going on that has put iran in enough of a position that they don't have anything left. and how close they are to a bomb and whether what they have been doing is getting themselves into a negotiating position or a position where they would actually have a weapon there is more question about that as well. >> bill: let's say a quick hello to gary from chicago. >> caller: i have a couple of comments. o
president obama will probably not want to talk about this, given that the white house has denied it. the talks are supposed to be post election so the irans know which president they will be negotiating with. but the issue is whether talking with them is the idea to go or not. >> bill: what is the alternative, bombing them? >> the romney idea is to close them off. president obama said we should be talking with iran. >> bill: couldn't you make the argument that if iran is...
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sounds like there is a white man bias. president obama is back in d.c. he has closed door meetings all morning and he will welcome the alabama crimson tide to celebrate their 14th championship and their giving to the community on and off the field all of their con contributions. vice president biden is going to make a stop in arizona and then he will head to los angeles and to santa barber where he will spend the night. >> on the republican front mitt romney will turn his attention to ohio. newt gingrich and ron paul is in ithaca is going to have lunch and 7:30 tonight. ron paul put out a press release saying they had more than 2,000 people at an event at road eyehode island last night and one supporter is making ron paul the video game. daniel williams is creating ron paul road to revolution collecting gold and delegates with the ultimate goal to be ending the federal reserve and becoming president. williams is raising money for development but says the online version of the game will be free and available in july. it looks like a lot like mario brother
sounds like there is a white man bias. president obama is back in d.c. he has closed door meetings all morning and he will welcome the alabama crimson tide to celebrate their 14th championship and their giving to the community on and off the field all of their con contributions. vice president biden is going to make a stop in arizona and then he will head to los angeles and to santa barber where he will spend the night. >> on the republican front mitt romney will turn his attention to...
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president obama on the road and carrying the message of jobs, jobs, jobs and the economy to all of the swing states, ohio and pennsylvania last week virginia today and tomorrow. it's a full court press on friday july 13th. snared sherrod brown in the next hour. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. theme theme welcome on july 13th, here on current tv your new progressive morning show. good to have you with us today. i am bill press. liberal and proud of it. we'll cover the big stories of the day, including this one, bad news out of penn state. it turns out in the latest report issued by louism s freeh that the legendary coach was joe patterno knew about the fact that jerry sandusky was abusing young boys in sports facilities and paterno did nothing about it. don't you think maybe it's time for penn state to tear down that statue of joe paterno on camp we will talk about that. we will go to los angeles appe
president obama on the road and carrying the message of jobs, jobs, jobs and the economy to all of the swing states, ohio and pennsylvania last week virginia today and tomorrow. it's a full court press on friday july 13th. snared sherrod brown in the next hour. >> this is the bill press show. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] what's the point of an epa estimated 42 miles per gallon if the miles aren't interesting? the lexus ct hybrid. this is the pursuit of perfection. theme...
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. >> i pointed out, no, the direction comes from the white house. is this a prior to for the president? according to norml the obama administration shut down more than george bush and why is this a prior to a prior to for priority. all i got was the justice administration was reviewing the matter. >> they are going to do nothing. past is prologue. if the state is the player regulation, and we are talking pretty high-techniequipment today, rfid radio frequency id tags used to track the plants from the point of creation to the point of consumption. in colorado they call it from seed to sale. the feds haven't done anything an the state is collecting 50 to $70 million a year in taxes. it's only places like california, unfortunately, where the sacramento did not step up and pass tax and regulation laws where theile sayingnate abhors a vacuum, the federal government goes in there and raids these clubs. if the state is a player, the feds largely are hands-off. >> help me out here. so in washington state and colorado, it's not only legal toto i am bible or
. >> i pointed out, no, the direction comes from the white house. is this a prior to for the president? according to norml the obama administration shut down more than george bush and why is this a prior to a prior to for priority. all i got was the justice administration was reviewing the matter. >> they are going to do nothing. past is prologue. if the state is the player regulation, and we are talking pretty high-techniequipment today, rfid radio frequency id tags used to track...
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then president obama sent his guy to hawaii. got the long form. made copies, brought it back and handed it out to us down at the white house. reporters at the white house. this jerk in arizona still refuses to believe it. yesterday the state of hawaii verified for the state of arizona that, in fact, they showed him the birth certificate. we've got it. he was born here in hawaii. will this finally go away? >> again they had to verify? the birth certificate? >> bill: again. >> haven't we done this already? >> bill: how many times for every idiot who raised that issue. that's one element. you see, that's the heart of the hate obama machine which is to deny his -- his legitimacy. he's not a legitimate citizen therefore not a legitimate president and mike coffman who is a congressman from colorado says he's not even a legitimate american. so here he is, a few days ago in albert county colorado, talking to a group and he was asked whether or not he believes that president was born in the united states. the sound is not great. you can hear him. >> i don'
then president obama sent his guy to hawaii. got the long form. made copies, brought it back and handed it out to us down at the white house. reporters at the white house. this jerk in arizona still refuses to believe it. yesterday the state of hawaii verified for the state of arizona that, in fact, they showed him the birth certificate. we've got it. he was born here in hawaii. will this finally go away? >> again they had to verify? the birth certificate? >> bill: again. >>...
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of course, romney immediately pounced saying it is time to get president obama out of the white house. more bill press coming up live. stay with us. there's joy and now there's joy on current tv. >>i feel like i don't even know you. >>just stay on your side of the screen, okay? >>brought to you by geico. 15 minutes could save 15% or more on car insurance. visit geico.com for a free rate quote. from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday with twizzlers the twist you can't resist. you've heard bill's views, now let's hear yours. politically direct means no b.s. just telling you what's going on in politics today. >>at the only on-line forum with a direct line to bill press. >>it's something i've been waiting for a long time. >>join the debate now. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> announcer: broadcasting >> announcer: broadcasting across the nation on your radio and on current tv, this is the "bill press show." >> bill: 46 days and ann romney has a message to republicans who criticize the romney campaign. stop it! oh, stop it! just stop it! this is hard, she says
of course, romney immediately pounced saying it is time to get president obama out of the white house. more bill press coming up live. stay with us. there's joy and now there's joy on current tv. >>i feel like i don't even know you. >>just stay on your side of the screen, okay? >>brought to you by geico. 15 minutes could save 15% or more on car insurance. visit geico.com for a free rate quote. from silver screens... to flat screens... twizzlerize your entertainment everyday...
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president obama has scheduled an announcement in the east room of the white house just about noon today, a little before noon where he will call for -- call on congress to extend tax cuts for at least one more year for all americans making under $25,028 a year. and he is saying those who are lucky enough to make more than that should pay a higher rate of taxes on that portion of their income, which is over $250,000 a big challenge on the part of the president to congress a little bit later today. of course, we are still talking about the job numbers that came out friday and no better person to talk about them she honors us by coming in ever monday after the latest jobs reported our secretary of labor, hilda solis. >> good to see you. >> this announcement of the president on the tax break for those earning under $250,000, that's 99% of americans who deserve a tax break? >> it would be a tremendous stimulant because people would spend that money. typically they will purchase items, appliances or goods and things that they put off and that would help to create jobs as well as stimulate sma
president obama has scheduled an announcement in the east room of the white house just about noon today, a little before noon where he will call for -- call on congress to extend tax cuts for at least one more year for all americans making under $25,028 a year. and he is saying those who are lucky enough to make more than that should pay a higher rate of taxes on that portion of their income, which is over $250,000 a big challenge on the part of the president to congress a little bit later...